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   Message 582 of 2,690   
   mark lewis to Michael Dukelsky   
   find search string   
   19 Jul 15 22:38:14   
   
   19 Jul 15 17:38, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> i just discovered that the 'F'ind function seems to be broken in the   
    ml>> latest golded+... this is the first time that i've really   
    ml>> needed/wanted to use it... i was looking for messages from a certain   
    ml>> individual but none were ever found... i was searching, with 'F', for   
    ml>> 'john smith' without the quotes... nothing would be found... even if   
    ml>> i was currently on a message to or from john smith... if i searched   
    ml>> for just 'john' or just 'smith' then it worked... apparently the   
    ml>> search doesn't work with spaces??   
      
    MD> As you were already told, one has to enclose the search string in double   
    MD> quotes if the string containes spaces. It is a feature and not a bug.   
      
   yes, i've found this out, now... it wasn't apparent previously...   
      
    ml>> the second thing i found that doesn't seem right is that 'F'ind only   
    ml>> looks from the current message to the last message... there's no   
    ml>> option to search from the first message to the last...   
      
    MD> To search in backward direction just put a minus sign before the   
    MD> search string. So it may look as -smith or -"john smith".   
      
   this has also not been apparent...   
      
   what are the chances of the enhanced search capabilities i described to be   
   included? i would do it but i'm worse with C/C++ than i am with russian or   
   ukrainian languages ;)   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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